Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ...
by belorn on Friday September 14, 2012 @09:17PM
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Do you think Monty Python films should also be classified as hate speech?
There is a difference between making fun of an religion (Islam), and incite violence or prejudicial action against a group who are practicing the religion (Muslims).
Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ...
by malandrew on Friday September 14, 2012 @09:10PM
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Interesting. That changes things. Do you have a citation of what the video's authors said?
Re:Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film ...
by salimmadjd on Friday September 14, 2012 @10:36PM
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"Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location....he intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion"
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/israeli-filmmaker-in...
There is a lot of important issues being brought up as a result. How do we identify hate speech, who makes that kind of a judgement, what's the role of distribution channels in these cases, how much power the government has, is there a bigger responsibility for unseen cases?